Information Literacy
Minitex News articles tagged with "Information Literacy" (39):
Two concrete activities to teach theoretical info lit concepts
A recent conversation on the [acrlframe] discussion list revolved around ways to teach first-year college students the difference between types of information sources.
Websites That Smell?!
You’ve likely heard of various mnemonic acronyms designed to help students remember the checklist for evaluating information and websites.
Lifelong Learning Practices of Recent Grads
If you’re not already familiar with Project Information Literacy (PIL), in short, it's a “large-scale, national study about early adults and their research habits, conducted in partnership with the University of Washington's iSchool.”
Try These Formative Assessment Ideas!
Formative Assessment has been defined as
"the frequent, interactive checking of student progress and understanding in order to identify learning needs and adjust teaching appropriately."
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy Opportunities
If you're headed to ALA Midwinter and want to learn more about the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, be sure to consider adding this session to your schedule.
From the ACRL Update
How to Save the World with ACRL Framework Skills
The ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education lays out a number of key information literacy concepts. These concepts are challenging and, once attained, will inform students’ information use throughout their lives.
Interested in Game-based or Narrative Instruction? Would You Help with a Thing?
We’re developing a narrative-based instructional game to introduce the threshold concepts of the ACRL Information Literacy Framework to students.
Engaging with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy
If you missed the Georgia Library Association’s Carterette Series Webinar, Engaging with the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, you may want to catch the
The “CRAP” Test
The “CRAP” test is not necessarily one for your sensory system, right? Rather, the “CRAP” Test, as you likely know, is one for building information evaluation skills. There are many good, freely available resources for teachers and students for building these skills. I’d like to share a few with
Empowering Researchers Prepared for Life Ahead
Do you struggle to get students to use relevant library resources for their classes? How do you teach your students to use Google and library resources for research? Check out my newly created website that takes a look at these